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The Wedding Banquet
1993
· Movie
· 108 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Every rating
69–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 94, everyone else 77.
See the most agreed on films →A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Details
- Director
- Ang Lee
- Writers
- Ang Lee, James Schamus, Neil Peng
- Studio
- Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, Central Motion Picture Corporation, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- Released
- 1 March 1993
- Country
- Taiwan, United States
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $875.0K
- Box office
- $23.6M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 20 →11 wins from 20 nominations across 17 ceremonies
| Director's Choice Award 1999 | Director's Choice Award | Ang Lee | Winner |
| Best Director 1994 | Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominee |
| Best Female Lead 1994 | Best Female Lead | May Chin | Nominee |
| Best Film 1994 | Best Film | Ang Lee, Ted Hope, James Schamus | Nominee |
| Best Foreign-Language Film 1994 | Best Foreign-Language Film | Nominee | |
| Best Male Lead 1994 | Best Male Lead | Mitchell Lichtenstein | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay 1994 | Best Screenplay | Ang Lee, Neil Peng, James Schamus | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Female 1994 | Best Supporting Female | Gua Ah-leh | Nominee |
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20 awards — The Wedding Banquet
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Best Director
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Winner |
| Best Director | Ang Lee | Nominee |
Best Film
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Film | Ang Lee, Ted Hope, James Schamus | Nominee |
Best Narrative Feature
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Narrative Feature | Ang Lee, Ted Hope, James Schamus | Winner |
Best Original Screenplay
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Ang Lee, Neil Peng, James Schamus | Winner |
Best Supporting Actor
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Lung Sihung | Winner |
Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Gua Ah-leh | Winner |
Coup de Coeur LTC
1 nomination, 1 won
| Coup de Coeur LTC | Ang Lee | Winner |
Critics Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Critics Award | Ang Lee | Winner |
Director's Choice Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Director's Choice Award | Ang Lee | Winner |
Golden Bear
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Bear | Ang Lee | Winner |
Outstanding Film – Limited Release
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Film – Limited Release | Winner |
Best Foreign-Language Film
2 nominations
| Best Foreign-Language Film | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign-Language Film | Nominee |
Best Female Lead
1 nomination
| Best Female Lead | May Chin | Nominee |
Best Film Editing
1 nomination
| Best Film Editing | Tim Squyres | Nominee |
Best Male Lead
1 nomination
| Best Male Lead | Mitchell Lichtenstein | Nominee |
Best Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Ang Lee, Neil Peng, James Schamus | Nominee |
Best Supporting Female
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Female | Gua Ah-leh | Nominee |